CIVIL APPLICATION FIXER AND CIVIL CONTINGENCY FIXER

LONDON, Jan. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Civil Application Fixer  We are launching a new digital form to replace the previous email address applicationfixer@justice.gov.uk This service applies to:  * Merits/Means Decisions * Prior Authority Decisions * Exceptional and Complex Cases Teams (including Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) decisions) Providers should use Civil Application Fixer if: * the initial decision made by the LAA ...


CHARITY REGULATOR INVESTIGATES FIA FOUNDATION

LONDON, Jan. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The FIA Foundation manages and supports an international programme of activities promoting road safety, environmentalprotectionand sustainable mobility, as well as funding motorsport safety research. TheCommissionhas opened a statutory inquiryto protect the charity's property whilst it investigates concerns that have been raised with it. Due to the nature of theconcerns, the regulator has issued the charity wit...


SCOTTISH CO-OPERATIVES TAKE CENTRE STAGE IN DRIVE TO GROW SECTOR

LONDON, Jan. 26 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Maximising economic growth by growing Scotland's co-operative and mutuals sector was the focus of a roundtable hosted by UK Government Ministers today [January 22]. A co-operative is a business owned and run by its members and such is their success the UK Government is committed to doubling the size of the sector.Scotland was home to some of the earliest co-ops in the world - including the Fenwick Weavers' Socie...


CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL UNDERAGE SUNBEDS USE TO CUT TEEN CANCER RISK

LONDON, Jan. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Unsupervised sunbed use by young people to be banned as part of National Cancer Plan * Consultation to launch in Spring 2026, new rules could come into force as soon as 2027 * Drive to tackle avoidable cancer andhelp maketheNHS Fit for the Future More young people will be better protected from skin cancer through a proposed crackdown on sunbed harms, clamping down on rogue businesses flouting the law and putti...


PM CALL WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP OF THE UNITED STATES: 24 JANUARY 2026

LONDON, Jan. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, this afternoon. The Prime Minister raised the brave and heroic British and American soldiers who fought side by side in Afghanistan, many of whom never returned home. We must never forget their sacrifice, he said. As Ukraine approaches the fourth year of war since Russia's full-scale invasion, the leaders agreed on the need to see pro...


FUTURISTIC HELICOPTER DRONES PROGRAMME ADVANCES AS BRITISH BASED COMPANIES SELECTED TO DEVELOP PROTOTYPES

LONDON, Jan. 24 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * New drones will pair up with Apache attack helicopters, pivoting to a new way of war and delivering on the Strategic Defence Review. * Industry partnering with Defence to shape future of autonomous weapons systems. * Seven industry partners advance to the next stage ofProject NYX. Seven industry partners have been invited to bring forward their designs for the futuristic drones, which will accompany British Ar...


STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAINING FACILITIES AND ACCOMMODATION COMPLETED AT MOD LYNEHAM

LONDON, Jan. 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Armed forces personnel willbenefitfromstate-of-the-arttechnical trainingfacilitiesand new accommodation blocks at MOD Lyneham. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)has handed overthe new facilities,which were delivered bymain contractorKierConstruction Western & Wales, with Mott MacDonald joining as the Technical Service Provider. The new facilities includethree Single Living Accommodation blocks, provid...


RENOWNED SCULPTOR KAREN NEWMAN JOINS THE NATIONAL QUEEN ELIZABETH II MEMORIAL PROJECT

LONDON, Jan. 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Karen Newman is appointed to design a new sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II on Birdcage Walk, marking the entrance to the Queen Elizabeth Memorial. * This will complement Martin Jennings' statue of Queen Elizabeth on The Mall, which will now be accompanied by a statue of Prince Philip close by. * Final designs for the national memorial to be unveiled in April. The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee has appointed...


FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE TO LASTING CHANGE: DISABILITY ADVISORY PANEL BEGINS WORK

LONDON, Jan. 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Ten people with long-term health conditions and lived experience of disability appointed to advise Government. * Independent Disability Advisory Panel holds its inaugural meeting - putting disabled people's voices at the heart of the Plan for Change. * Government delivers on Get Britain Working White Paper pledge to ensure lived experience guides decision-making. The first-of-its-kind approach will put those d...


GAD VOLUNTEER CO-PARTNERS WITH INDUSTRY BODY ON REPORT

LONDON, Jan. 23 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: A recent Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) report titled 'Green Book reform' has been co-authored by actuary Sara Joslin. Sara is an actuary at the Government Actuary's Department (GAD). She also volunteers her time as a member of the IFoA Sustainability Board and is co-chair of the Board's Task and Finish Group who produced the report. Ongoing review The Group wrote the IFoA paper to support HM Treasu...